occasion such as February 12. They will also serve to introduce to the pupils two modern American poets whose acquaintance will bring real enjoyment.

CLOSE UP THE RANKS (page 326)

This poem is one of many written on the occasion of the death of Theodore Roosevelt. The pupils may be interested in comparing this poem with others suggested on page 327 and especially with "Great-Heart" by Kipling.

The anniversary of Roosevelt's birthday, October 27, may be observed by having a capable reader in the class read the poem.

A REVIEW (page 328)

The Review besides helping to fix the ideas and ideals of the selections in Part III also serves the purpose of viewing the individual selections in the light of others in the group.

The teacher may find it useful to have "A Code of Morals," referred to on page 330, reproduced here. Copies may be obtained from the Character Education Institution. National Capital Press, Washington, D. C.

THE CHILDREN'S MORALITY CODE

FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

BY WILLIAM J. HUTCHINS

Boys and girls who are good Americans try to become strong and useful, worthy of their nation, that our country may become ever greater and better. Therefore, they obey the laws of right living which the best Americans have always obeyed.

I

THE LAW OF SELF-CONTROL

Good Americans Control Themselves

Those who best control themselves can best serve their
country.

1. I will control my tongue, and will not allow it to speak mean, vulgar, or profane words. I will think before I speak. I will tell the truth and nothing but the truth.

2. I will control my temper, and will not get angry when people or things displease me. Even when indignant against wrong and contradicting falsehood, I will keep my self-control.

3. I will control my thoughts, and will not allow a foolish wish to spoil a wise purpose.

4. I will control my actions. I will be careful and thrifty, and insist on doing right.

5. I will not ridicule nor defile the character of another; I will keep my self-respect, and help others to keep theirs.

II

THE LAW OF GOOD HEALTH

Good Americans Try to Gain and Keep Good Health

The welfare of our country depends upon those who are
physically fit for their daily work. Therefore:

1. I will try to take such food, sleep, and exercise as will keep me always in good health.

2. I will keep my clothes, my body, and my mind clean.

3. I will avoid those habits which would harm me, and will make and never break those habits which will help me.

4. I will protect the health of others, and guard their safety as well as my own.

5. I will grow strong and skillful.

III

THE LAW OF KINDNESS

Good Americans are Kind

In America those who are different must live in the same
communities. We are of many different sorts, but we are
one great people. Every unkindness hurts the common life,
every kindness helps. Therefore:

1. I will be kind in all my thoughts. I will bear no spite or grudges. I will never despise anybody.

2. I will be kind in all my speech. I will never gossip nor will I speak unkindly of anyone. Words may wound or heal.

3. I will be kind in my acts. I will not selfishly insist on having my own way. I will be polite: rude people are not good Americans. I will not make unnecessary trouble for those who work for me, nor forget to be

grateful. I will be careful of other people's things. I will do my best to prevent cruelty, and will give help to those who are in need.

IV

THE LAW OF SPORTSMANSHIP

Good Americans Play Fair

Strong play increases and trains one's strength and courage.
Sportsmanship helps one to be a gentleman, a lady. There-

fore:

1. I will not cheat; I will keep the rules, but I will play the game hard, for the fun of the game, to win by strength and skill. If I should not play fair, the loser would lose the fun of the game, the winner would lose his self-respect, and the game itself would become a mean and often cruel business.

2. I will treat my opponents with courtesy, and trust them if they deserve it. I will be friendly.

3. If I play in a group game, I will play, not for my own glory, but for the success of my team.

4. I will be a good loser or a generous winner.

5. And in my work as well as in my play, I will be sportsmanlike— generous, fair, honorable.

V

THE LAW OF SELF-RELIANCE

Good Americans are Self-Reliant

Self-conceit is silly, but self-reliance is necessary to boys

and girls who would be strong and useful.

1. I will gladly listen to the advice of older and wiser people; I will reverence the wishes of those who love and care for me, and who know life and me better than I. I will develop independence and wisdom to choose for myself, act for myself, according to what seems right and fair and wise.

2. I will not be afraid of being laughed at when I am right. I will not be afraid of doing right when the crowd does wrong.

3. When in danger, trouble, or pain, I will be brave. A coward does not make a good American.

VI

THE LAW OF DUTY

Good Americans Do Their Duty

The shirker and the willing idler live upon others, and bur

den fellow-citizens with work unfairly. They do not do their

share, for their country's good.

I will try to find out what my duty is, what I ought to do as a good American, and my duty I will do, whether it is easy or hard. What it is my duty to do I can do.

VII

THE LAW OF RELIABILITY

Good Americans are Reliable

Our country grows great and good as her citizens are able

more fully to trust each other. Therefore:

1. I will be honest in every act, and very careful with money. I will not cheat nor pretend, nor sneak.

2. I will not do wrong in the hope of not being found out. I cannot hide the truth from myself. Nor will I injure the property of others. 3. I will not take without permission what does not belong to me. A thief is a menace to me and others.

4. I will do promptly what I have promised to do. If I have made a foolish promise, I will at once confess my mistake, and I will try to make good any harm which my mistake may have caused. I will so speak and act that people will find it easier to trust each other.

VIII

THE LAW OF TRUTH

Good Americans are True

1. I will be slow to believe suspicions lest I do injustice; I will avoid hasty opinions lest I be mistaken as to facts.

2. I will hunt for proof, and be accurate as to what I see and hear.

I will learn to think, that I may discover new truth.

3. I will stand by the truth regardless of my likes and dislikes, and scorn the temptation to lie for myself or friends: nor will I keep the truth from those who have a right to it.

IX

THE LAW OF GOOD WORKMANSHIP

Good Americans Try to do the Right Thing in the Right Way

The welfare of our country depends upon those who have
learned to do in the right way the work that makes civiliza-
tion possible. Therefore:

1. I will get the best possible education, and learn all that I can as a preparation for the time when I am grown up and at my life work. I will invent and make things better if I can.

2. I will take real interest in work, and will not be satisfied to do slipshod, lazy, and merely passable work. I will form the habit of good work and keep alert; mistakes and blunders cause hardships, sometimes disaster, and spoil success.

3. I will make the right thing in the right way to give it value and beauty, even when no one else sees or praises me. But when I have done my best, I will not envy those who have done better, or have received larger reward. Envy spoils the work and the worker..

Good Americans Work in Friendly Coöperation with Fellow-Workers

One alone could not build a city or a great railroad. One
alone would find it hard to build a bridge. That I may have
bread, people have sowed and reaped, people have made
plows and threshers, have built mills and mined coal, made
stoves and kept stores. As we learn better how to work
together, the welfare of our country is advanced.

1. In whatever work I do with others, I will do my part and encourage others to do their part, promptly, quickly.

2. I will help to keep in order the things which we use in our work. When things are out of place, they are often in the way, and sometimes they are hard to find.

3. In all my work with others, I will be cheerful. depresses all the workers and injures all the work.

Cheerlessness

4. When I have received money for my work, I will be neither a miser nor a spendthrift. I will save or spend as one of the friendly workers of America.